Project Orion - Rovering with Turtles
is the 2nd Scouts of the World Award (SWA) Voluntary Service Project of the SWA Singapore Base.

Led by 9 Rover Scouts from Singapore and Malaysia, the project is set upon
the beautiful wetlands and beaches of Setiu, Terengganu.

Lasting 16 days from 20th June to 5th July, the team will not only be contributing to the
conservation of sea turtles, but will also be involved in mangrove replanting,
repair work for the villagers and WWF info centre, English and conservation awareness education,
assistance in the local women's cottage industry amongst many others.

"Leave the place a little better than you first found it." - Lord Baden Powell
UPDATE: The blog will be updated from time to time with more turtle new issues. However, Project Orion blog will be replaced by the next project when it starts with the new team. So, DO STAY TUNED!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Mangrove Salvaging



We put aside our busy schedules to head to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in the morning to do some Mangrove Salvaging! This event which saw Scouts from different groups coming together to do some good work for nature. We had scouts from St Joseph's, Beatty Secondary, Raffles Instituion and Bishan Park coming to give a hand. 



The task was to root out the mangroves and put them in a separate black bags filled with soil. For some of them, it was their first time using tools spades to root out the mangroves. All in all, the scouts had a blast and some of them were even talking about the next upcoming event of replanting the mangroves! The scouts had loads of fun and also learn new things on nature which they can use for their World Scout Environment Programme.



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